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What You Need to Know Today About The Virus Outbreak
Defying a wave of layoffs that has sent the U.S. job market into its worst catastrophe on record, at least one major industry is making a comeback.
NIH Director: Large-Scale Vaccine Testing Expected by July
Having a COVID-19 vaccine by January is "a stretch goal," but the head of the National Institutes of Health is gearing up for a master experiment to rapidly tell if any really work.
Officials Release Edited Coronavirus Reopening Guidance
U.S. health officials on Thursday released some of their long-delayed guidance that schools, businesses and other organizations can use as states reopen from coronavirus shutdowns.
How Long Before We Know if Re-openings Cause Virus Spikes?
Getting the timing right is complicated. Disease trackers note the impossibility of seeing clearly what's happening without widespread testing.
Hospital Workers Complain of Minimal Disclosure After COVID Exposures
From cafeteria staff to doctors and nurses, hospital workers around the country report frustrating failures by management to notify them when they have been exposed to co-workers or patients known to be infected with COVID-19.
Reports: Broadway Star, COVID-19 Survivor Nick Cordero Awake and Recovering
41-year-old Broadway actor Nick Cordero has had a hard time of the COVID-19 virus, losing a leg and being placed in a medically-induced coma. But now he's awake — and things are looking better.
Safety First: When Can Strippers Go Back to Work?
A stripper asks ethicist Lee McIntyre when it might be safe to go back to work. The answer might surprise you.
Racial Status And The Pandemic: A Combustible Mixture
Coronavirus has disproportionately hurt blacks. In California alone, 10% of COVID-19 deaths occurred among African Americans, who make up 6% of the state population.
Study Ties 'Obamacare' to Fewer Cancer Deaths in Some States
Cancer deaths have dropped more in states that expanded Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act than in states that did not, new research reveals.
U.S. Immunologist Warns of 'Darkest Winter' if Virus Rebounds
America faces the "darkest winter in modern history" unless leaders act decisively to prevent a rebound of the coronavirus, says a government whistleblower.
Brazil Cities Lurch to Lockdowns Amid Virus Crisis Red Flags
Faced with overwhelmed hospitals and surging coronavirus deaths, Brazilian state and city governments are lurching forward with mandatory lockdowns against the will of President Jair Bolsonaro.
Wear a Mask? Even with 20K Dead, Some New Yorkers Don't
Everyone in New York state is required to wear a face covering in any place where they can't stay at least 6 feet from people who don't live with them. Yet New Yorkers have adopted their own interpretation of when masks are required.
Exhaustion, Uncertainty Mark Coronavirus Survivors' Journeys
The virus that has sickened over 4 million people around the world and killed more than 280,000 others is so new that patients face considerable uncertainty about what they can expect in recovery and beyond.
AP Exclusive: CDC Docs Stress Plans for More Virus Flareups
The guidance, which was shelved by Trump administration officials, also offered recommendations to help communities decide when to shut facilities down again during future flareups of COVID-19.
Virus Conspiracy-Theory Video Shows Challenges for Big Tech
One by one, tech companies across Silicon Valley scrambled to take down a slickly produced video of a discredited researcher peddling a variety of conspiracy theories about the coronavirus. It was all too late.
Amid Coronavirus News, Many Need to Step Away
A Pew Research Center survey taken the third week of April found that 88 percent of Americans said they were following coronavirus news either very or fairly closely.
Survey Released to Understand Black LGBTQ COVID-19 Experience
A new survey, "COVID While Black and Queer," will find crucial data on how Black LGBTQ people are weathering the pandemic at a time when data shows Black communities comprise 60% of COVID-19 deaths in the U.S.
Oprah to Launch Live Virtual Wellness Experience
Oprah Winfrey, who visited arenas last year on a wellness tour, is bringing the idea to living rooms while people are homebound due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Hospitals Turn to Online Matchmakers to Swap Supplies
Facing shortages of protective equipment, two New England hospital systems tried the latest twist in internet matchmaking: online swap meets.
Fauci Warns of 'Suffering and Death' if U.S. Opens Too Soon
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, is warning Congress that reopening the economy too soon during the coronavirus pandemic will result in "needless suffering and death."